Deerslayer

1920 Adventure Directed by Arthur Wellin

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About Deerslayer

Chingachgook, son of a Delaware chief, is left an orphan and raised by the tribe. He stays with Hawkeye, the Deerslayer, as the story moves among Tom Hutter and Hutter's daughter Judith. Arthur Wellin filmed that portion of James Fenimore Cooper's 1841 novel as the first half of a two-part German silent called Lederstrumpf.

Cast & crew

More about Deerslayer

Wellin directed and produced. Robert Heymann wrote the adaptation. Ernest Plhak photographed it. German title Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook. It opened on 14 September 1920.

Themes

  • Delaware upbringing
  • Hawkeye's friendship
  • The Hutter household
  • Cooper's frontier
  • Chingachgook
  • Deerslayer
  • Judith Hutter
  • Delaware
  • Lederstrumpf

Look

Ernest Plhak photographed Wellin's frontier story for the German release.

Preservation

A circulating print is the one digitized for the Internet Archive.

Notes

  • Bela Lugosi plays Chingachgook. Emil Mamelok plays the Deerslayer. Herta Héden plays Judith Hutter.
  • Gottfried Kraus plays Tom Hutter, Edward Eyseneck plays Worley, and Margot Sokolowska plays Wah-ta-Wah.
  • The second half of Lederstrumpf is Der Letzte der Mohikaner (The Last of the Mohicans).

Also available

  • Internet Archive (TheDeerslayer1920)